Media Operations Specialist (Project Based)

Employment Opportunities at BuzzFeed, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

BuzzFeed Studios is seeking a dedicated Media Operations Specialist for our Los Angeles Post Production team. You will oversee storage pools and asset migration workflows, troubleshoot issues, and script automations within a MAM ecosystem.

Role calls for strong communication, post-workflow expertise, and comfort with shared storage. Office-based in Los Angeles, on-site work is expected.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as media manager, archive library coordinator, or similar.
• Excellent communication & time management.
• Attention to detail in fast-paced environments.
• Strong knowledge of post workflows, storage devices, DIT hardware, and cabling.
• Fundamental understanding of video standards, frame rates and bitrates.
• Experience with Iconik and cloud/storage workflows.
• Familiarity with API calls and network protocols is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee domestic and global media across storage environments.
• Maintain day-to-day care of assets in shared storage systems.
• Manage ecosystems for Iconik, Qumulo, and FrameIO.
• Serve as primary archivist for completed projects and retrieve assets.
• Coordinate with international offices for transfer and backup data.
• Troubleshoot issues reported by users and document workflows.

Skills

Communication

Time management

Attention to detail

Post workflows knowledge

Scripting basics

API familiarity

Tools

Iconik

Qumulo

FrameIO

AWS buckets

SAN/NAS environments

bash scripting

Job description

BuzzFeed Studios is looking for a dedicated Media Operations Specialist to join our Los Angeles Post Production team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for overseeing and maintaining all storage pools and workflows relating to asset migration. Candidates may be asked to troubleshoot common issues and be comfortable with scripting for automations in a MAM ecosystem.

Rate: $350-400/day based on experience

Location: Los Angeles with ability to work in-office.

Responsibilities:

• Domestic & Global oversight of media
• Maintain day-to-day care of assets in shared storage environments
• Manage and maintain ecosystems for Iconik, Qumulo, and FrameIO
• Act as primary archivist for all completed projects
• Retrieve archived assets for reuse or redistribution
• Track and maintain all production drives
• Identify, inform, and forecast physical purchases
• Daily management of users on shared storage
• Coordinate with international offices to transfer and backup data
• Troubleshoot problems reported by users
• Prep production drives & DIT kits for productions
• Document new and updated workflows

Qualifications:

• 2+ year of experience as a media manager, archive library coordinator, or similar
• Excellent communication & time management
• Attention to detail
• Excellent knowledge of Post workflows, including local storage devices, DIT hardware, and modern cabling standards
• A Fundamental understanding of video standards, frame rates, aspect ratio & data bitrates
• Experience working with Iconik
• Experience with AWS buckets and storage tiers
• Experience with SAN & NAS environments and permissioning preferred
• Experience with bash and scripting automation preferred
• Experience with performing API Calls preferred
• Experience with SMB and network protocols preferred
• Intermediate Premiere knowledge preferred
• Intermediate Airtable knowledge preferred
• Experience with shared remote and proxy-based workflows and remote storage preferred